lordairgtar

thanks Casey.

I remember seeing a drawing of a 66 Chevelle blue print on a desk in a photo of stuff inside JoHan. Was that going to be a new kit just before the fall? Shortly after, Lindberg released theirs.

Al Gore would go apoplectic if you ran it by his house.

So tell me, is it Beemer or Bimmer? I got yelled at by a guy when I said "nice Beemer" Pretty much read me the riot act because bikes are called one and cars are the other, I guess.

Those Broncs got saddle broke real quick.

I make $11.15 an hour, plus I sell art and have a car show DJ service which helps. The hobby is fairly cheap compared to G scale trains or RC and slot racing. If I want something, I save for it. That is why I'm on a forum such as this because of the kit release news. I hear of something I want, then I save. When it's released, I go and buy. Wisconsin is a fairly inexpensive place to live (unless you are paying for propane right now to heat your home). Costs way more to live in a place like California, which I have in the past.

Like hgbben and 70judgeman, I frequent Model Empire and Greenfield News And Hobby. Both are great stores. Also in the mix is Panther Hobbies in Oak Creek, basically a military and armor shop but they have some car kits plus mutually used supplies and some Tamiya paints. In Muskego is Wisconsin Illinois Trains which specializes in G scale railroads, but the buildings are 1/24th scale generally and avail themselves well to diorama making. There is also a small hobby and craft shop just outside of Burlington which has kits and supplies but is mainly geared toward Lionel O guage and HO guage.

I googled Portland and found the Modish building on street view. It is in Portland, but it is on park and oak, one block away. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=portland+oregon&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x54950b0b7da97427:0x1c36b9e6f6d18591,Portland,+OR&gl=us&ei=8WHuUoTUEsWPqwHtsYGYDw&ved=0CKQBELYD

I liked the build of this somewhat iconic vehicle. I owned one. I was very poor and homeless. I paid $50 for the car which was a 1980 four door Chevette, got a job delivering pizzas. As I was moving up the income ladder, this car helped me move my meager possessions to an apartment I was able to rent. After that, I worked for a school bus company and soldiered on with the 'vette. And I too know the zen of starter replacement in these little hell cars. As income got better, the cars that replaced the little white Chevette got better, and larger.

I think this is a neat little car. A Panhard Dyna would be cool. I love a car that sticks it's tongue out at you like it is saying "I am French...what of it?"

such a cute kitteh.

I believe I found the formula we used in my HS lit class. We omitted calculating the 3000 word list of easy words to simplify the equation. Darned math is everywhere, including my old Eng Lit class. The Dale–Chall formula Edgar Dale, a professor of education at Ohio State University, was one of the first critics of Thorndike's vocabulary-frequency lists. He claimed that they did not distinguish between the different meanings that many words have. He created two new lists of his own. One, his "short list" of 769 easy words, was used by Irving Lorge in his formula. The other was his "long list" of 3,000 easy words, which were understood by 80% of fourth-grade students. In 1948, he incorporated this list in a formula which he developed with Jeanne S. Chall, who was to become the founder of the Harvard Reading Laboratory. To apply the formula: Select several 100-word samples throughout the text. Compute the average sentence length in words (divide the number of words by the number of sentences). Compute the percentage of words NOT on the Dale–Chall word list of 3,000 easy words. Compute this equation Raw Score = 0.1579*(PDW) + 0.0496*(ASL) + 3.6365 Where: Raw Score = uncorrected reading grade of a student who can answer one-half of the test questions on a passage. PDW = Percentage of Difficult Words not on the Dale–Chall word list. ASL = Average Sentence Length Finally, to compensate for the "grade-equivalent curve," apply the following chart for the Final Score: Raw Score --- Final Score 4.9 and below --- Grade 4 and below 5.0 to 5.9 --- Grades 5–6 6.0 to 6.9 --- Grades 7–8 7.0 to 7.9 --- Grades 9–10 8.0 to 8.9 --- Grades 11–12 9.0 to 9.9 --- Grades 13–15 (college) 10 and above --- Grades 16 and above Correlating 0.93 with comprehension as measured by reading tests, the Dale–Chall formula is the most reliable formula and is widely used in scientific research. In 1995, Dale and Chall published a new version of their formula with an upgraded word list, the New Dale–Chall Readability Formula

Yes, some people like the style, I'll admit. I just am not into that. Gossip mags I don't read, and I don't want my car mags to reflect those types of publications. There was a formula you could use to determine the reading age level of a book, newspaper, or other periodical. I forgot exactly what it was, but it would be interesting to sit down and ponder the levels of a HRM compared to a Hemming's publication.

i'm all agog with giddiness for this. Do want!!! Will get!!! I've known about Meng because I was considering buying their Toyota truck in 1/35th just to have that with my 1/32nd cars.

I don't like Hot Rod magazine much either, but not because I'm stuck in the past. I just don't care for the format. It's too much like C&D and R&T. I prefer Hemming's Muscle Machines for great reading and fewer ads. I subscribe to all three of the Hemming's titles. HR is written for a sixth grade reader where as Hemming's is written for adults as well as Collectible Automobile. CA has no ads whatsoever. It costs more but I prefer the prose in this and Hemming's mags. I like articles about EFI and computer stuff for cars, but HR just loses me with all the ads.

What is that little sedan on top of the Chevy Panel box? VW Variant notch maybe?

http://www.tcpglobal.com/aclchip.aspx?image=1948-Chrysler-pg01.jpg Yellow Luster?

http://nova88hb.www.50megs.com/66nova05.html Here is a good pic of the grille. There seems to be a bit of trim your model is lacking on the bottom edge of the hood.. Also the grille seems to sit too low between the headlamps. Needs to come up a tiny bit, about .75mm. A photo etch grille might be better.

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?type=paint&paint=20913&ditzler=2884&syear=1983&smanuf=Chrysler&smodel=Fleet&sname=Cream This is a GMC truck color. Looks close to your photo. Is this close to yours?

Very nice work on this VW.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ8DjhI3KIXkFoqrtShEA5xVntq3XF4Vi0DoAuAOXshoM8Qw2vq The rear window in the kit looks to be a tad larger than what is on the real car. Everything I've seen indicates the model car window is more like a 70s era body. Or am I just seeing this weirdly?

As soon as I get someone to create decals for it, I'll finish it up. It is almost done, just needs the decals and the light covers place on and the tail lamps painted and installed. And a bit of BMF I'm not a fast builder.

Forgot to show the body in primer. Bad cheap camera pic.

What kind of wheels are those? I had similar on my 83 Mercury Marquis Brougham. They were made by Mangel from Brazil.

Good job , Doug.